Man killed trying to cross Southwest Freeway

Published 6:30 am, Friday, January 30, 2004

A man was struck and killed as he was trying to cross the Southwest Freeway this morning.

Houston police said the man was crossing the freeway with a bicycle when he entered the southbound side from the HOV lane and was hit by a vehicle at about 2:30 a.m.

HPD Sgt. D.S. Runyan said the man, age 20 to 30, was possibly struck by a vehicle that also was involved in a later accident near the Bellaire Boulevard offramp.

Runyan said the driver's maroon car was hit by a truck after it entered freeway traffic from the left shoulder. "We think she ran over this individual and went down the freeway about half a mile and had a wreck with a Ryder truck," he said.